This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy.

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• Chaka Fattah:

  There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Wh

• Chaka Fattah:

  Bush has never sent over a balanced budget.

• Chaka Fattah:

  When Bill Clinton was in town, he sent over a balanced budget.

• Chaka Fattah:

  But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like Bush did.

• Chaka Fattah:

  The Republican Party is in charge. They've been charge of the Congress and spending for 10 years.

• Chaka Fattah:

  There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congr

• Chaka Fattah:

  Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.

• Chaka Fattah:

  The Americans are optimistic by their nature. And they are hopeful.

• Chaka Fattah:

  We have major fiscal problems on our hand.

• Chaka Fattah:

  Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 m